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Artists wanted as Salt Lake City looks to 'wake' the Great Salt Lake
03-08-2024 by Carter Williams
SALT LAKE CITY — Artist submissions are now open for a massive temporary public art project that seeks to bring attention to the recent issu...
Water conservation and the 2024 Utah Legislature: A comprehensive guide
03-08-2024 by Heather May
Headlines from the beginning of the 2024 Utah Legislature declared that lawmakers were considering spending millions for the Great Salt Lake...
How the Utah Legislature handled the Great Salt Lake in 2024
03-05-2024 by Carter Williams
SALT LAKE CITY — The Great Salt Lake remains a key focus in Utah even if its water levels are in a much better position than when they hit a...
Collaborative panel and film screening asks, 'Is Great Salt Lake a Person?'
03-04-2024 by Erin Lewis
UPR hosted an event on Tuesday with Bridgerland Audubon Society and Grow the Flow called “Is Great Salt Lake a Person?” The event brought 90...
A big bill designed to help the Great Salt Lake passes the legislature
02-29-2024 by Ben Winslow
SALT LAKE CITY — A major bill designed to help the Great Salt Lake has passed the legislature and is headed to Governor Spencer Cox's desk...
Bills on turf and water-wise landscaping advance in the Utah legislature
02-21-2024 by Ben Winslow
SALT LAKE CITY — Bills dealing with turf, landscaping and water conservation are moving through the Utah State Legislature. On Wednesday,...
Are artificial wetlands, nearing completion at California’s Salton Sea, the future of the Great Salt Lake?
02-21-2024 by Emma Penrod and Alex Cabrero
Wildlife managers already maintain hundreds of thousands of acres of artificial wetlands around the Great Salt Lake. But as the lake shrinks...
Do mineral extraction companies on the Great Salt Lake need more oversight?
02-20-2024 by Amy Joi O’Donoghue
It is not without controversy, its naysayers and organizations opposed to the new tax burden it imposes on extraction industries operating o...
80 communities in Great Salt Lake Basin lack water conservation tool
02-16-2024 by Amy Joi O’Donoghue
Lawmakers say they represent 40% of population While a lot of emphasis has been placed on the agricultural use of water in Utah, particula...
Brine shrimp cyst collection at Great Salt Lake up over 50%. Is the berm to thank?
02-15-2024 by Carter Williams
SALT LAKE CITY — Utah land managers made emergency adjustments to a berm at the Great Salt Lake Causeway in 2022 and again in 2023, as the l...
Utah may soon have a plan to ensure Great Salt Lake benefits from 'wet' water years
02-14-2024 by Carter Williams
SALT LAKE CITY — The Great Salt Lake received a significant boost from last year's record snowpack and an above-normal water year overall af...
Flurry of water bills advance at Utah Legislature
02-14-2024 by Amy Joi O’Donoghue
Tracking saved water, wrangling with extraction companies on the menu The popular saying that you can’t manage what you don’t measure is t...
Great Salt Lake bills continue to flow through the Utah legislature
02-13-2024 by Ben Winslow
SALT LAKE CITY — House Speaker Mike Schultz left his position on the dais to join his colleagues on the floor of the House chamber and implo...
Park manager says West Davis Hwy can boost tourism at Antelope Island
02-12-2024 by Adam Small
SYRACUSE, Utah — Navigating western Davis County has been a lot easier over the past month. That’s how long the new West Davis Highway (SR 1...
Bill to explore water importation is advanced in the Utah State Legislature
02-12-2024 by Ben Winslow
SALT LAKE CITY — A water bill that its sponsor says is "generational" is beginning to advance on Utah's Capitol Hill. Senate Bill 211, bei...
Mineral companies use 7% of Great Salt Lake’s water. Here’s how a bill would change their business.
02-09-2024 by Leia Larsen
House speaker continues to rail against the largest miner on the lake, claiming the company refuses to compromise. Tensions ran thick Thur...
Like Utah, California has had pipeline dreams to save its drying Salton Sea
02-08-2024 by Saige Miller KUER
Most people don’t know that California’s largest lake — the Salton Sea — was a mishap. Birthed in 1905 when the Colorado River experienced...
Video: Lakebed dust is a worry in Utah. For California’s Salton Sea, it’s a full-blown problem
02-08-2024 by Alex Cabrero
The Great Salt Lake Collaborative recently sent a team of journalists to California to report on a sister saline water body, the Salton Sea...
A big bill on the Great Salt Lake advances after a tense hearing in the Utah legislature
02-08-2024 by Ben Winslow
SALT LAKE CITY — A significant piece of legislation on the Great Salt Lake is advancing on Utah's Capitol Hill after a tense hearing. Hous...
Compass Minerals to abandon lithium extraction on Great Salt Lake
02-08-2024 by Ben Winslow
OGDEN, Utah — Compass Minerals, a major mineral extraction company operating on the Great Salt Lake, has announced it will abandon a lucrati...
The health of the Great Salt Lake and changing how we value water
02-07-2024 by Amy Joi O’Donoghue
GSL briefing details multifaceted effort to help the saline lake A number of legislative proposals and appropriations dealing with the dro...
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